CARNARVON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 12, 11 December 1878, Page 2

CARNARVON.

"W ~^. {JPBoU OTTO. OWN COtt-ESPOND-HT.J . The first meeting of County Council; : is, according to Councillor'; Balcbmbe, to bar a memorable oiie. The resolution passed afc' the instigation of the abovd-nauied mem be*,, is to place on. rec'ofd , the indignation felt by. that augii3t. body m", having to sit with the, miscreant) Loudon. With -what charmingj. • innocence and virtue the mover of the reso-' In tion niust view hinyelf,- and with what. ! satisfaction " he will be able to lpok.bn the?*! past m haviug accomplished co much at the. outset 'of the Brat meeting. Surely coming I',1 ', events cast their Bhadows I el'ore them.~ The resolution was a test of the independeneo^ . of councillors. Th!sy seemed to h've been taken aback by it, and showed great irreso-v lution, one evidently waiting to see what., the other would dp. AU'tlris played nicely."!! 'into the. mover's and seconder's hands. It needs no great penetration after till to see-,, the objoi-'t-i-Srst to secure the election of • Mr Macarthur to the chair, a':id' second,,"' through him as Chairman tho fact of Feild-'_ ing ultimately becoiiihg the County town is a mere question . of time. A resolution^ of this kind should not have been pisseg*. by the Council ; it reflects no credit on the-' members. It shows them tp be hampered by party-ties, or rather, watching how to. 'combine. It was no iusult to the Awahoit settlers, who returned that man.by a large-f, and over. v helming majority; O cbar, no; but it is an insult to Councillor Hulcjmbe^ to hare sit with Loudon! Now,' if that' gentleman feels it such a disgrace to himself-! and the Council, then he should leave hia seat!, Whether Councillor "Macarthur,. would. lnve been chosen as Chairman m any; 'ease, is doubtful, as it appears -a caucus of ; members from, the, lower part of the County, was held to choose one of themselves ;' and£ I presume that Councidjr' Loudou's voter, , was counted upon to secure Sanson's election-;' to t.he chair. Howaver, quite iudepeiident^y':of the manceuvreinga of Mr HaUo^nbe, ther. Council have chosen an efficient*, and^ .thoroughly independent man as their Chair-' man. Rumor has it that Mr Dawson, of the:_ , Oroua Downs "Estate, his sold his interest m that property to the Hon. K. Caihpbtll-' and that' ho is. going, home sho.-tly. -OfT course I cannot vouch for the correctness, ;of tlie report ; Pgivie it 'orw'.at ifc.is -wortb*." Now that that the wool season is m, we~ ' may count' on more regular, ancb r«? j'uent .steam communication' with Wellington.'Messrs. Johnston & Co.*s boat," the Go-" 'ahead, has ' been m Port Rangitikei;. as also the, Jane Douglds. The. latter^ had a full^ cargo up and- down, I w.-is told by a trades-' man ut Bulls that goods are no iv shipped, to hero at the same, rates as to" Foxton' or" Wanganui. Summer! has fairly Bet m now. We hav»_ fine warm days and plenty of mosquitoes afe_! night^ ' . ' ■. ' '*